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Faculty Expertise

The PhD in Media & Design Innovation draws on the strength of The Creative School's faculty members in research-creation with doctoral degrees; all are experts within their respective creative fields including four research chairs associated with the program.

4 Canada Research Chairs

65+ PhD Supervisors

35+ Research Areas


Meet The Creative School's Research Chairs

As a part of a national strategy to make Canada one of the world's top countries in research and development, our Research Chairs aim to advance knowledge and train the next generation of highly skilled people through student supervision, teaching and coordination of other researchers' work.

The Creative School is home to five Research Chairs who are pushing the boundaries in the creative and cultural industries, including two Canada Research Chairs.

Dr. David Gauntlett

Canada Research Chair in Creative Innovation and Leadership

Dr. Greg Elmer

Director Infoscape Research Lab & Bell Globemedia Research Chair

Dr. Ali Mazalek

Canada Research Chair in Digital Media and Innovation

Prof. April Lindgren

Professor, School of Journalism & RSJ Velma Rogers Research Chair

PhD Program Faculty

Kristopher Alexander
Professor of Video Games
DepartmentRTA School of Media
Natalie Alvarez
Professor and Associate Dean, Scholarly, Research, and Creative Activities
DepartmentPerformance
Cynthia Ashperger
Associate Professor
DepartmentPerformance
Alex Bal
Associate Professor
DepartmentRTA School of Media
Ben Barry
Associate Professor
DepartmentFashion
Jean Bruce
Associate Professor
DepartmentImage Arts
Gerda Cammaer
Associate Professor
DepartmentImage Arts
David Colangelo
Assistant Professor
DepartmentProfessional Communication
Lorella Di Cintio
Associate Professor
DepartmentInterior Design
Louis-Étienne Dubois
Assistant Professor
DepartmentCreative Industries
Steven Ehrlick
Assistant Professor
DepartmentRTA School of Media
Reem El Asaleh
Associate Professor
DepartmentGraphic Communications Management
Greg Elmer
Professor
DepartmentProfessional Communication
Lorena Escandon
Assistant Professor
DepartmentCreative Industries
Blake Fitzpatrick
Graduate Program Director, Media & Design innovation, PhD
DepartmentImage Arts
Wendy Freeman
Associate Professor
DepartmentProfessional Communication
David Gauntlett
Professor
DepartmentCreative Industries
Dave Kemp
Assistant Professor
DepartmentImage Arts
Anika Kozlowski
Assistant Professor
DepartmentSchool of Fashion
Richard Lachman
Associate Professor
DepartmentRTA School of Media
Bruno Lessard
Associate Professor
DepartmentImage Arts
Cameron Macdonell
Assistant Professor
DepartmentInterior Design
Danielle Martin
Assistant Professor
DepartmentFashion
Ali Mazalek
Associate Professor
DepartmentRTA School of Media
Ravindra Mohabeer
Associate Professor
DepartmentSchool of Journalism
Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof
Associate Professor
DepartmentImage Arts
Colin Ripley
Professor
DepartmentInterior Design
John Shiga
Associate Professor
DepartmentProfessional Communication
Layal Shuman
Assistant Professor
DepartmentSchool of Graphic Communications Management
Afsoon Soudi
Assistant Professor
DepartmentRTA School of Media
Tatyana Terzopoulos
Assistant Professor
DepartmentRTA Media
Cheryl Thompson
Associate Professor
DepartmentSchool of Performance
Sandra Tullio-Pow
Professor
DepartmentFashion
Charlie Wall-Andrews
Assistant Professor
DepartmentCreative Industries